Population:
55,916

Bensalem profile

Living in Bensalem

Bensalem is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 55,916 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Bensalem is the ninth largest community in Pennsylvania.

Bensalem real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Bensalem house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Bensalem is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bensalem is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bensalem who work in office and administrative support (13.58%), sales jobs (11.61%), and management occupations (9.55%).

Also of interest is that Bensalem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Bensalem use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Bensalem‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The education level of Bensalem citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.27% of adults in Bensalem have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bensalem in 2010 was $31,759, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,036 for a family of four. However, Bensalem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bensalem is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bensalem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bensalem residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bensalem include German, Italian, Polish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Bensalem's cultural character, accounting for 18.49% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Bensalem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.